One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.

We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to obtain excellence.

A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor.

A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

In human affairs every solution serves only to sharpen the problem, to show us more clearly what we are up against. There are no final solutions.

To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence for relief from the burdens of willing, deciding and being responsible for inevitable failure. They willingly abdicate the directing of their lives to those who want to plan, command and shoulder all responsibility.

A compilation of what outstanding people said or wrote at the age of 20 would make a collection of asinine pronouncements.